On African-American Rhetoric traces the arc of strategic language
use by African Americans from rhetorical forms such as slave
narratives and the spirituals to Black digital expression and
contemporary activism. The governing idea is to illustrate the
basic call-response process of African-American culture and to
demonstrate how this dynamic has been and continues to be central
to the language used by African Americans to make collective
cultural and political statements. Ranging across genres and
disciplines, including rhetorical theory, poetry, fiction,
folklore, speeches, music, film, pedagogy, and memes, Gilyard and
Banks consider language developments that have occurred both inside
and outside of organizations and institutions. Along with paying
attention to recent events, this book incorporates discussion of
important forerunners who have carried the rhetorical baton. These
include Frederick Douglass, Harriet Jacobs, Sojourner Truth, Anna
Julia Cooper, W. E. B. Du Bois, Zora Neale Hurston, Malcolm X,
Martin Luther King, Jr., Toni Cade Bambara, Molefi Asante, Alice
Walker, and Geneva Smitherman. Written for students and
professionals alike, this book is powerful and instructive
regarding the long African-American quest for freedom and dignity.
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